THE COPELAND CASE
Based on the true story of the Copeland kidnappings.

THE COPELAND CASE
By Cecilia Copeland

1975, ​Bev and Sam are opposite sides of bad divorce... 
​The wrong or right of it makes little difference to the children stuck between them.
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When Sam takes off with their children, Bev never dreamed he would leave the country. To get them back, she’ll have to change US law and plead her case in the Israeli Supreme Court. Sometimes even the best intentions lead us down the wrong path, but there is always hope. 

Based on the true story of the Copeland kidnappings, origin of the Uniform Child Custody Act.

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